Minisymposia

The conference programme contained both parallel sessions and minisymposia. Minisymposia focused on a particular topic of interest in the scientific remit of the conference.

Format of minisymposia. The standard format of a minisymposium consisted of either four 30-minute presentations (one session) or of two sessions of total length of 4 hours. A two-session minisymposium, had either eight 30-minute presentations or the first talk as an overview lecture of one hour length followed by six 30-minute presentations.